Political Economy
Unit of study table
Master of Political Economy |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 18 credit points from core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 24 credit points from selective units of study; and | ||
| (c) a maximum of 18 credit points from elective units of study; and | ||
| (d) a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study. | ||
| (e) The selective or elective units of study may include an optional specialisation in: | ||
| (i) Social Research; or | ||
| (ii) Country Risk Assessment | ||
Graduate Diploma in Political Economy |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and | ||
| (b) a minimum of 12 credit points from selective units of study; and | ||
| (c) a maximum of 18 credit points from elective units of study | ||
Graduate Certificate in Political Economy |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | ||
| (a) a minimum of 6 credit points of core unit of study; and | ||
| (b) a maximum of 18 credit points from selective units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core units of study |
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| ECOP6101 Political Economy: A Primer |
6 | |
| ECOP6103 Dynamics of Economic Change |
6 | |
| ECOP6115 History of Australian Capitalism |
6 | |
Selective units of study |
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| ECOP6010 International Trade: Theory and Practice |
6 | |
| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis |
6 | |
| ECOP6016 China in the Global Economy |
6 | |
| ECOP6017 Global Inequality |
6 | |
| ECOP6018 Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing |
6 | |
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | |
| ECOP6108 Economy-Environment Sustainability |
6 | |
| ECOP6601 Economic Cycles and Instability |
6 | N ECOP3601 |
| ECOP6613 Global Capitalism: Uneven Development |
6 | N ECOP3613 |
| ECOP6901 Finance and Economic Change |
6 | |
| ECOP6911 Theories in Political Economy |
6 | P ECOP6101 N ECOP3911 |
| ECOP6624 Gender, Work and Care in Economic Life |
6 | N ECOP3624 |
| SSPS6008 Universal Basic Income |
6 | |
Elective units of study |
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| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | |
| DVST6901 The Global Politics of Development |
6 | N SSCP6900 |
| DVST6902 Development: Communication and Education |
6 | N SSCP6901 |
| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 | |
| GOVT6116 International Organisations |
6 | |
| GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | |
| PACS6911 Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies |
6 | N SCWK6930 |
| PACS6934 Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice |
6 | |
| SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements |
6 | N SCWK6901 |
| SCLG6700 Global and Regional Migration |
6 | |
| SCLG6910 Comparative Welfare States |
6 | N SCWK6909 |
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
Capstone units of study |
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| ECOP6121 Dissertation Part A |
6 | P 24 credit points of units C ECOP6031 |
| ECOP6122 Dissertation Part B |
6 | P ECOP6121 |
| ECOP6033 Research Project |
6 | P 24 credit Points |
Optional Specialisations
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Social Research specialisation |
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Core units |
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| 12 credit points from the following core units of study: | ||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
Elective units |
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| 6 credit points from the following elective units of study: | ||
| ECOP6031 Research in Political Economy |
6 | |
| FASS6001 Dimensions of Inequality |
6 | |
| GOVT6139 Research Design |
6 | |
| SSPS6004 Social Research Ethics |
6 | N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003 |
| SSPS6005 Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis |
6 | |
| SSPS6006 Data Analytics for Social Research |
6 | N SSPS4102 |
| SSPS6007 Intro to Computational Social Sciences |
6 | |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Country Risk Assessment specialisation |
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Core units |
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| 12 credit points from the following core units of study: | ||
| ECOP6012 Country Risk Analysis |
6 | |
| CISS6006 Intervention and 'Fragile' States |
6 | |
Elective units |
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| 6 credit points from the following elective units of study: | ||
| SSPS6001 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences |
6 | |
| SSPS6002 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences |
6 | |
